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Well after a couple of encouraging reminders (thank you) I am back here for a blog. It has been a very busy couple of weeks for me and it is getting to the critical stage for me to earn some more money (past that really) so feeling the pressure and while I am confident about the prospects for my business it is tough going at the moment.
I am getting some great help from Richard Whelan at the moment and we are working on the very stubborn self sabateour in me. And that mainly comes in the form of having high expectations of myself, which I think make sure I don’t achieve to just prove to myself that I can’t be controlled. I feel like I have a Gollum and Smeagol as my inner voices who constantly battle with one another.
Have been sufferring with a head cold for the best part of 10 days and that ha effected my exercise. Feeling very tired and don’t have a lot of energy for exercise but also know that is due to not drinking enough water. That seems to be a big thing for me.
I am trying not to beat myself for failing at my orignal goal and I won’t make it now, but I realise the real goal of this challenge was about educating myself about what is a healthy lifestyle for me and it kicked me into exercise which I will not give up now.
I have so much on my plate at the moment and my weight is just one of my major goals but still an important one. I still want to have a really good run up until the retreat and use that as another springboard and confirmation about the healthy lifestyle that is right from me.
So I am going to reset my target for the end of the challenge to 82kgs but more importantly to have my energy levels where I want them and have a sense of balance.
I am always so keen to give myself very big challenges (and usually multiple ones) because I am ambitous but I am realising now that is also because I am impatient and wnat to gte places really fast but usua;;y end up dissapiointing myself. So being realistic and realising that life is a journey not just the destination is what I am focusing on for the moment.
Keys for me for the next few weeks are exercise and water, water, water.
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Hi Paul, good to hear from you again. Being able to reconsider goals is also a big step, as it’s conquering that over-achiever that is self critical and self sabotaging… Learning that each small goal achieved is a big success in the road to the big goal, and it’s not about how long it’ll take us to get there, it’s simply about getting there, and we will. All the best with your business too! Take care, Desi
Comment by Desiree June 9, 2009 @ 9:14 amPaul, how do you eat an elephant?
Comment by rebecca112dc June 10, 2009 @ 1:32 amOne bite at a time!
If I’d looked at the amount of weight I needed to loose at the beginning of this challenge I would NOT be here now. I have an “End Goal” in sight but along the way I have achievable minigoals. I’ve passed several of them now and found that that has almost beat the self sabetour and the critical voices. (Yes I hear ‘em too!) lol Two legs down on the elephant! Two yet to go! lol
You have a lot on your plate and I comment you on keeping on slogging it out! You are doing a great job, keep at it!
Bex
Affirmations are great. If you can tell yourself how good you are doing and how well your business is taking off it will be come a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s nothing like being positive to help things along their way. Every time you are self critical find something to counteract it to say.You’re doing great. Marg
Comment by Marg June 11, 2009 @ 8:07 am